Reddit reviews Sega Game Gear Capacitor Replacement Kit
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Replaced capacitors fixes low audio and dim screen problemsIncludes capacitors for all motherboard variationsIncludes illustrated installation instructions
PSA:
You can mod these things to use an LED backlight in lieu of the power heavy fluorescent. While you're at it, you should change out the bad capacitors with which these things were manufactured. Most game gears' screens are very dark now due to capacitors failing. It's a relatively easy fix with some tutorials and a little soldering experience.
You can hunt down capacitor lists and such on forums, or you can buy a kit like this one
The led backlight is a little trickier. Here is the first tutorial I found using google. There are a lot of youtube videos as well.
I've replaced the caps and bought the stuff to do the led mod. Haven't found the time yet to do it.
edit - spelling